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Senate File 272

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 206.19, subsection 5, Code 1999, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    5.  Establish, assess, and collect civil penalties for
  1  4 violations by commercial applicators.  In determining the
  1  5 amount of the civil penalty, the department shall consider all
  1  6 of the following factors:
  1  7    a.  The willfulness of the violation.
  1  8    b.  The actual or potential danger of injury to the public
  1  9 health or safety, or damage to the environment caused by the
  1 10 violation.
  1 11    c.  The actual or potential cost of the injury or damage
  1 12 caused by the violation to the public health or safety, or to
  1 13 the environment.
  1 14    d.  The actual or potential cost incurred by the department
  1 15 in enforcing this chapter and rules adopted pursuant to this
  1 16 chapter against the violator.
  1 17    e.  The remedial action required of the violator.
  1 18    f.  The violator's previous history of complying with
  1 19 orders or decisions of the department.
  1 20    The department shall provide the violator with written
  1 21 findings relating to each of the considerations listed in this
  1 22 subsection at the time the violator is notified regarding the
  1 23 amount of the civil penalty.  The amount of the civil penalty
  1 24 shall not exceed five hundred thousand dollars for each
  1 25 offense.  
  1 26                           EXPLANATION 
  1 27    This bill relates to civil penalties assessed for
  1 28 violations by commercial applicators of pesticides.  The bill
  1 29 increases the maximum civil penalty from $500 to $5,000.  The
  1 30 bill requires the department to provide written findings to a
  1 31 violator at the time the violator is notified regarding the
  1 32 amount of the civil penalty.  The findings shall include
  1 33 considerations made by the department in determining the
  1 34 amount of the civil penalty.  
  1 35 LSB 2692XS 78
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